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Former Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has passed away at the age of 77.
Kinnear had been suffering with dementia having been diagnosed in 2015.
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A statement from his family said as reported by the Daily Mail’s Mike Keegan: “We are sad to announce that Joe passed away peacefully this afternoon surrounded by his family.”
Kinnear was regarded as a Tottenham legend having played for the club between 1965 and 1975.
In that time he made 258 appearances for the club and won numerous trophies.
These included the 1967 FA Cup, the 1972 UEFA Cup and the League Cup which he won in 1971 and 1973.
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After leaving Spurs he joined Brighton where he spent one season before hanging up his boots and moving into management.
He was also capped 26 times for the Republic Of Ireland.
After moving into management, Kinnear spent seven years as manager of Wimbledon which included a sixth-place Premier League finish in 1993/94.
He later spent more than two years as Luton boss, before spending 11 months in charge of Nottingham Forest.
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His final roles of note came with Newcastle United where he was interim manager in 2008/09, before becoming their director of football in 2013.
